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Thursday, January 12, 2012

It's never too early to start getting pissed off

MLB.com writers shared their thoughts on the 2013 Hall of Fame ballot - you know, the one that comes with a soapbox and a briefcase full of revisionist moralizing.

Here's how it relates to the Astros:

Mike Bauman: Yes on Biggio, Yes on BagwellBarry Bloom*: Yes on Biggio, Yes on BagwellHal Bodley: No on Biggio (I do not feel Piazza, Schilling and Biggio are legitimate first-ballot candidates.). Maybe on BagwellPeter Gammons: Yes on Biggio, Yes on BagwellKen Gurnick: No on anybody who played in the Steroid EraChris Haft: Tentative Yes on Biggio, Tentative Yes on BagwellPaul Hagen: No on Biggio, Yes on BagwellRichard Justice: Yes on Biggio, Yes on BagwellDick Kaegel: Too complicatedTerence Moore: UndecidedCarrie Muskat*: This year, I plan on doing more homework regarding the new candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot. I want to talk to others in the game and will then make a decision. Mark Newman: Yes on Biggio, Yes on BagwellMarty Noble: Biggio is an "unstained candidate." Undecided on BagwellTom Singer: Yes on Biggio, Yes on BagwellLyle Spencer: Craig Biggio will be given serious consideration, but I'm not sure he's a first-ballot guy. Undecided on BagwellT.R. Sullivan: Biggio should be a first-ballot lock. It would be great if Bagwell joins him.

*Barry Bloom, if you recall, had this to say about Bagwell for 2012:I just think he’s a very good player, but not of Hall of Fame caliber. His numbers are very similar to Steve Garvey...So I'm not sure what changed from two weeks ago to yesterday where he now thinks that Bagwell is a Hall of Famer. Maybe it was all the brow-beating.

*And, hooray for Carrie Muskat! She's going to do some more homework, which is good, because she only voted for Barry Larkin in 2012, in part because he "was a team captain." Teams with no captains = no Hall of Famers.

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